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More Chinese cities issue red alerts heavy smog
2015-12-24 10:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: More Chinese cities are issuing their first red alerts for pollution in response to forecasts of heavy smog, after the capital, Beijing, issued two this month following criticism for not releasing them earlier. Shandong province in eastern China issued alerts in four cities after warning that the density of particulate matter in the air would exceed high levels for more than 24 hours. The Shandong environmental protection bureau said the alerts started Thursday morning and that kindergarten, primary...
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Amid smog crisis, China vows more liveable cities
2015-12-22 12:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China vowed on Tuesday that it would make "liveable" cities a central goal of China's urban planning, amid persistent problems over choking smog that frequently blankets the populous east and north. Under a plan released after what leaders dubbed the Central Urban Work Conference and overseen by President Xi Jinping, urban development should be focused on "creating environments where people can live in harmony with each other and nature". "The government will take a more sophisticated approach...
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Satellites find sustainable energy in cities
2015-12-18 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: In bigger cities, temperatures usually are far higher than in the rural surroundings. These so-called urban heat islands result from various factors, such as population density, surface sealing, thermal radiation of buildings, industry, and transport as well as lacking vegetation. This phenomenon affects the atmosphere, surface, and subsurface of modern cities. Temperature anomalies may contribute to regional air pollution and an increased mortality during hot spells in summer. Increased groundwater...
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Illegal air pollution will blight many UK cities for at least five years
2015-12-17 14:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Dozens of UK cities including London, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff and Edinburgh will still be in breach of EU limits on air pollution for at least the next five years, despite an air quality action plan issued by the government on Thursday. The plan is a response to a supreme court ruling in April on the governments failure to meet European limits of harmful NOx gases, which are mostly caused by diesel traffic and blamed for nearly 9,500 premature deaths each year in London alone. But...
The Paris climate deal can't succeed without cities
2015-12-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
City Lab: The 21st time was the charm. After two decades of trying, the UNs climate change institution locked down international consensus from rich and poor nations alike to fundamentally change the ways humans power their activities. Almost 200 countries committed to voluntary greenhouse gas reduction targets and pledged to revisit them at regular intervals to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius. Its a deal that knows it isnt perfect, and takes steps to get better with time. And just...
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